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  • The Far Side – playlist for February 7

    February 8, 2012 @ 1:55 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday February 7. Last night featured a Far Side of Dilla special to mark what would have been James Yancey’s 38th birthday, which you can listen back to here.

    Jagwar Ma “Come Save Me” (The Blue Rider)
    Ghost Beach “Too Young” (Neon Gold)
    Of Monsters & Men “Little Talks” (Record)
    Funeral Suits “All Those Friendly People” (Tri-Tone)
    Swim Deep “King City” (White)
    Krystal Klear “From the Start” (All City)
    Steffi “Sadness” (Ostgut Ton)
    Breton “Governing Correctly” (Fat Cat)
    THEEsatisfaction “Queens” (Sub Pop)
    Quakers “Fitta Happier” (Stones Throw)
    Flatbush Zombies “Thug Waffle” (White)
    Chase N Cash “Trill Livin’ 2.0” (White)
    Julia Holter “In the Same Room” (RVNG Intl)

    The Far Side Of Dilla

    The Pharcyde “Runnin’” (Delicious Vinyl)
    Slum Village “Who Are We” (Barak)
    Common “The Light” (MCA)
    Ghostface Killah “Whip You With A Strap” (Def Jam)
    Jaylib “Starz” (Stones Throw)
    Q-Tip “Wait Up” (Arista)
    J Dilla “Two Can Win” (Stones Throw)
    J Dilla “Time: The Donut of the Heart” (Stones Throw)
    J Dilla “Cadillac” (Nature Sounds)
    Four Tet “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee remix)” (Domino)
    SertOne “Envious (James Make Em NV)” (White)
    J Dilla “Lightworks” (Stones Throw)
    J Dilla “Over the Breaks” (BBE)
    J Dilla/Common “E=MC2” (BBE)
    Innerzone Orchestra “People Make The World Go Round (J88 remix)” (Planet E)
    J Dilla “Won’t Do” (BBE)
    J Dilla “Last Donut of the Night” (Stones Throw)
    Miguel Atwood-Ferguson/Suite For Ma Dukes “Antiquity” (Mochilla)

  • The Far Side – playlist for January 31

    February 1, 2012 @ 1:55 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday January 31.

    Coolrunings “Spirit of the High” (Dracula Horse)
    Mary Epworth “Black Doe” (Hand Of Glory)
    Oberhofer “Heart” (Glassnote)
    John Talabot “Destiny” (Permanent Vacation)
    Blondes “Water” (RVNG Intl)
    The 2 Bears “Bear Hug” (Southern Fried)
    Fort Romeau “Jack Rollin’” (100% Silk)
    Jim-E Stack “Come Between” (Good Year)
    Matthew Dear “In the Middle (I Met You There)” (Ghostly)
    Beautiful Swimmers “Open Shadow” (Future Times)
    No “Stay With Me” (White)
    A Guy Called Gerald “Voodoo Ray” (Rham)
    Loose Joints “Is It All Over My Face?” (West End)
    J Dilla/Common “E=MC2” (BBE)
    Chase N Ca$h “Wavy Navy (Max Bundles)” (Surf Club)
    Schoolboy Q/A$AP Rocky “Hands On the Wheel” (Top Dawg)
    Automato “The Single” (Capitol)
    Sun Glitters “It Takes Me (MMOTHS remix)” (Music Is For Losers)
    GB (Gifted & Blessed) “Dogon” (All City)
    Shigeto “Lineage” (Ghostly)
    Young Magic “Sparkly” (Carpark)
    The Bamboos “The Wilhelm Scream” (Tru Thoughts)
    Seasfire “Falling” (White)
    Perfume Genius “Put Your Back N 2 It” (Turnstile)

  • The Far Side – playlist for January 24

    January 25, 2012 @ 1:51 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday January 24.

    DJ-ing plug: I’ll be DJ-ing at Glider on Friday (January 27). Glider happens on the last Friday of every month at the Workman’s Club, Dublin 2 from 10pm and admission is free.

    The Men “Open Your Heart” (Sacred Bones)
    Young British Artists “Everything In Front Of You” (Red Deer Club)
    Delorentos “Care For” (Delo)
    Toy “Left Myself Behind” (Heavenly)
    Lower “Craver” (Escho)
    Discopolis “Lofty Ambitions” (Eli & Oz)
    CSLSX/Mountain Man “Aeromancer” (Paper Bag)
    Poor Moon “People In Her Mind” (Bella Union)
    No “Stay With Me” (White)
    The Unusual Story Of Ether “Innate” (Gateway)
    Francois & The Atlas Mountains “Azrou Tune” (Domino France)
    Perfume Genius “Hood” (Organs)
    Seamus Fogarty “By the Waterside” (Fence)
    Jonathan Wilson “Gentle Spirit” (Bella Union)
    Brother Ali “Writer’s Block” (Rhymesayers)
    Homeboy Sandman “Mine All Mine” (Stones Throw)
    Schoolboy Q/A$AP Rocky “Hands On the Wheel” (Top Dawg)
    The Internet “Fastlane” (Odd Future)
    Seekae “Blood Bank” (Rice Is Nice)
    MMOTHS/Keep Shelly In Athens “Heart” (SQE)
    Sad Soul Circus “Waves” (White)
    Faws “Worries” (White)
    Lee Fields “I’m Still Hanging On” (Truth & Soul)
    Wendy Rene “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” (Light In the Attic)
    Lyn Christopher “Take Me With You” (Paramount)
    Marsha Ambrosius “Sour Times” (J)
    Candi Staton “When Hearts Grow Cold” (Honest Jon’s)
    Mary Pinckney “Been In the Storm Too Long” (Smithsonian)
    Matthew Bourne “The Mystic” (Leaf)

  • The Far Side – playlist for January 17

    January 18, 2012 @ 2:17 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday January 17. First hour last night was a Far Side Of Eurosonic special, featuring some of the hits from last weekend in Groningen.

    DJ-ing plug: I’ll be DJ-ing at Glider on Friday week (January 27). Glider happens on the last Friday of every month at the Workman’s Club, Dublin 2 from 10pm and admission is free.

    Honningbarna “Fri Palestina” (Karma Kosmetix)
    Iceage “Broken Bone” (Escho)
    Thulebasen “Monster” (Escho)
    The Cast Of Cheers “Family” (School Boy Error)
    Spector “What You Wanted” (Luv Luv Luv)
    Ewert & The Two Dragons “(In the End) There’s Only Love” (I Love You Records)
    Francois & The Atlas Mountains “Piscine” (Domino France)
    Team Me “Show Me” (Propeller)
    Great Mountain Fire “Late Nights” (Konijin)
    Jape “Scorpio” (Music Is For Losers)
    Philco Fiction “Horizon” (Brilliance)
    Elektro Guzzi “Pentagonia” (Macro)
    Lefties Soul Connection “Shake It Up, Burn It Loose” (Top Notch)
    New Build “Finding Reasons” (Pod)
    Jim-E Stack “Come Between” (Good Years)
    The 2 Bears “Work” (Southern Fried)
    The Rapture “Sail Away (Cut Copy remix)” (DFA)
    Peace “Bblood” (White)
    White Rabbits “Heavy Metal” (TBD)
    Tanlines “Brother” (True Panther Sounds)
    Lianne Le Havas “Forget (Shlohmo remix)” (Warner Bros)
    Shigeto “Huron River Drive” (Ghostly)
    Nicolas Jaar “With Just One Glance” (Clown & Sunset)
    Giraffage “With You” (Self release)
    Julia Holter “Marienbad” (RVNG Intl)
    Jan Garbarek & Hilliard Ensemble “Parce mihi domine” (ECM)

  • The Far Side – playlist for January 10

    January 11, 2012 @ 9:33 am | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday January 10.

    Boddika “Up & Dance” (White)
    Blawan “Peaches” (Clone)
    Jim-E Stack “Lemme” (Good Years)
    Scissor Sisters vs Krystal Pepsy “Shady Love” (Polydor)
    Ava Luna “Wrenning Day” (Infinite Best)
    The Cast Of Cheers “Family” (School Boy Error)
    Delorentos “Care For” (Delo)
    Sleeper Agent “Get It Daddy” (Mom + Pop)
    Whales In Cubicles “We Never Win” (Young & Lost Club)
    The Shining “Hey You” (Young Turks)
    Amadou & Mariam & Santigold “Dougia Badia” (Nonesuch)
    Coolrunnings “Chorus” (Dracula Horse)
    Mozart’s Sister “Single Status” (White)
    Grimes “Genesis” (4AD)
    Faws “Worries” (White)
    Daithi & Elaine Mai “Carraroe” (White)
    Lana Del Rey “Born to Die (AlunaGeorge remix)” (Polydor)
    Delilah “Never Be Another” (Atlantic)
    Evian Christ “Thrown Like Jacks” (White)
    Alt-J “Fitzpleasure” (Infectious)
    Gang Colours “Fancy Restaurant” (Brownswood)
    Willis Earl Beal “Evening’s Kiss” (Hot Charity)
    Austin Coleman “My Soul Is A Witness” (Document)
    Robert Plant & Band Of Joy “Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down” (Decca)
    Laura Nyro & Labelle “Gonna Take A Miracle” (Columbia)
    Lee Fields “You’re the Kind of Girl” (Truth & Soul)
    Little Anthony & The Imperials “Goin’ Out Of My Head” (DCP)
    Cold Specks “Old Stepstone” (Paradyse)
    Ryuichi Sakamoto “Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence” (Virgin)

  • The Far Side – playlist for January 3

    January 4, 2012 @ 1:51 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday January 3. First show of the new year and we’re back in business with a ton of new stuff (and a 1957 beauty from Miles Davis).

    Outasight “Let’s Go” (Asylum)
    Django Django “Default” (Because)
    Delorentos “Right to Know” (Delo)
    The Shining “Hey You” (Young Turks)
    Azealia Banks “Liqourice” (White)
    Cheerleader “Dreamer” (White)
    Twerps “Dreamin” (Chapter Music)
    San Cisco “Awkward” (Island City)
    Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr “We Almost Lost Detroit” (Warner Bros)
    Little Scream “Cannons” (Secretly Canadian)
    Sleeper Agent “Get It Daddy” (Mom + Pop)
    Pujol “Mayday” (Saddle Creek)
    Whales In Cubicles “We Never Win” (Young & Lost Club)
    Oregon Bike Trails “High School Lover” (Father/Daughter Records)
    Willis Earl Beal “White Noize” (White)
    The Roots “One Time” (Def Jam)
    A$AP Rocky “Pretty Flacko” (A$AP)
    Homeboy Sandman “New York Nights” (Stones Throw)
    Chase N Ca$he “Trill Living 2.0” (White)
    Action Bronson “The Madness” (Fine Fabric Delegates)
    Sir Michael Brooks “Deal Went Sour” (Jet Life)
    Cities Aviv “Coastin’” (Fat Sandwich)
    Frank Ocean “4 Tears” (White)
    The Weeknd “Montreal” (XO)
    Marsha Ambrosius “Sour Times” (J)
    Lulu James “Rope Mirage” (White)
    14th “Hide Yourself” (14th)
    Laura Sheeran “Murderous Love” (Café Irlandaise)
    Oliver Tank “Up All Night” (Yes Please)
    Miles Davis “Chez le photographe du motel” (Verve)
    Julia Holter “Goddess Eyes” (Leaving)

  • The Far Side – playlist for December 27

    December 28, 2011 @ 6:18 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 27. Last night was The Far Side of 2011, part two, a round-up of the tunes which glittered most brightly on the show over the past 12 months (you’ll find the playlist for part one here).

    Tune-Yards “My Country” (4AD)
    Theme Park “Wax” (Paradyse)
    Gross Magic “Sweetest Touch” (Sounds Of Sweet Nothing)
    Friends “I’m His Girl” (Lucky Number)
    Aluna George “You Know You Like It” (Super Recordings)
    Alabama Shakes “Hold On” (Self release)
    Metronomy “Everything Goes My Way” (Because)
    Family Of the Year “St Croix” (TinyOgre)
    Little Red “Rock It” (True Panther)
    Ava Luna “Cement Lunch” (Cooling Pie)
    Blue On Blue “We Never Sleep” (Tip Top)
    No Diavolo “Nuns” (Self release)
    Hooray For Earth “True Loves” (Dovecote)
    Emeli Sande “Heaven” (Virgin)
    The Jezabels “Endless Summer” (PIAS)
    PJ Harvey “The Words That Maketh Murder” (Island)
    Tieranniesaur “Rockblocker” (Popical Island)
    Last Days Of 1984 “River’s Edge” (White)
    Come On Live Long “Elephants & Time” (Live Long)
    Moths “Summer” (White)
    Funeral Suits “Colours Fade” (Friends Vs)
    Land Lovers “The Cinema Bell” (Popical Island)
    Little Green Cars “The John Wayne” (Young & Lost Club)
    Little Xs for Eyes “Summer’s Gone” (White)
    Lana Del Rey “Video Games” (Polydor)
    Charles Bradley “The World Is Going Up In Flames” (Dunham)
    Nicolas Jaar “I Got A Woman” (Circus Company)
    Vondelpark “Feat B” (R&S)
    Julianna Barwick “The Magic Place” (Asthmatic Kitty)
    Asyshay “Warn-U” (Tri Angle)
    Penny & The Quarters “You & Me” (Numero)

  • The Far Side of Christmas – playlist for December 20

    December 21, 2011 @ 2:00 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 20. Last night was The Far Side of Christmas, the annual soundtrack for a seasonal sleigh-ride over the hills and far away.

    Next week: The Far Side of 2011, part two

    James Brown “Soulful Christmas” (King)
    Lee Rogers “You Won’t Have To Wait Till Christmas” (D-Town)
    Fitz & The Tantrums “Santa Stole My Lady” (Paste)
    Creedence Clearwater Revival “Run Rudolph Run” (Label)
    The Sonics “Santa Claus” (Norton)
    Marvin Gaye “Purple Snowflakes” (Motown)
    Darlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (Abkco)
    The Ray Charles Singers “Jingle Bells” (MGM)
    She & Him “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (Double Six)
    Nicole Atkins “Little Drummer Boy” (Razor & Tie)
    Blind Boys Of Alabama “Silent Night” (Real World)
    Lord Beginner “Christmas Morning, The Rum Had Me Yawning” (Dust to Digital)
    Billy May “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo” (Capitol)
    Ella Fitzgerald “Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney” (Verve)
    Lord Nelson “A Party for Santa Claus” (Rykodisc)
    The Aggrovators “Santa Claus Dub” (Punch)
    Tom Waits “Silent Night” (Asylum)
    Musicians Of New Orleans “O Holy Night” (White)
    Louis Armstrong “Christmas In New Orleans” (Big Machine)
    Aaron Neville “Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem” (A&M)
    Bill Withers “The Gift Of Giving” (Sussex)
    Ryan Adams “Hey Parker It’s Christmas” (Lost Highway)
    Palace Music “Christmastime In the Mountains” (Drag City)
    Gillian Welch “Winter’s Come & Gone” (Acony)
    Mary Margaret O’Hara “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” (Virgin)
    Joni Mitchell “River” (Reprise)
    Low “Little Drummer Boy” (Tugboat)
    Lisa Hannigan “Silent Night” (White)
    Irma Thomas “O Holy Night” (Rounder)
    Lyle Lovett “Christmas Morning” (MCA)
    Tom Waits “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” (Asylum)
    Batman “Christmas Carol Caper Pt 1” (Power)
    Simon & Garfunkel “Silent Night/Seven O’Clock News” (CBS)

  • The Far Side – playlist for December 13

    December 14, 2011 @ 2:03 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 13. Last night was The Far Side of 2011, part one show – part two will be broadcast on December 27. Believe me, there could easily be a part three and a part four.

    The Far Side of Christmas: next weeks’ show is the annual weirdbeard and far-out soundtrack for a seasonal sleigh-ride. It’s the show which will have you scratching your head and staring at your radio in bemusement. Don’t miss it!

    Azealia Banks “212” (Self release)
    Hudson Mohawke “Thunder Bay” (Warp)
    Cassius “I Love U So (Skream remix)” (Ed Banger)
    Blawan “What You Do With What You Have” (R&S)
    Lone “All Those Weird Things” (Wigflex)

    Joe Goddard “Gabriel” (DFA)
    Julio Bashmore “Battle for Middle You” (PMR)
    Mark E “Deny This” (Ghostly International)
    The 2 Bears “Be Strong” (Southern Fried)
    Teengirl Fantasy “Cheaters (John Talabot remix) (Hivern)
    Holy Ghost “Do It Again” (DFA)
    Poolside “Do You Believe?” (Future Classic)
    Lykke Li “Get Some” (LL)
    Wild Flag “Romance” (Wichita)
    The Men “Bataille” (Sacred Bones)
    Young the Giant “My Body” (Roadrunner)
    Girl Band “Twelves” (Self release)
    White Denim “At the Farm” (Downtown)
    The War On Drugs “Baby Missiles” (Secretly Canadian”
    TV On the Radio “Will Do” (Interscope)
    We Cut Corners “Go Easy” (Delphi)
    Tom Waits “Hell Broke Luce” (Anti)
    Tyler the Creator “Yonkers” (Odd Future)
    Shabazz Palaces “Swerve” (Sub Pop)
    James Blake “The Wilhem Scream” (Atlas)
    Bell X1 “Hey Anna Lena” (Belly Up)
    John Legend “Rolling In the Deep” (White)

  • The Far Side – playlist for December 6

    December 7, 2011 @ 1:48 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday December 6.

    The Far Side in December: The Far Side of 2011 will feature the best tunes of the year (or the Far Side of 2012 given the amount of future classics we’ve played all here long) on December 13 and 27 and The Far Side of Christmas on December 20 will be the now annual out-there soundtrack for a seasonal sleigh-ride featuring a selection of Christmas tunes that no-one else in their right mind is going to play (and some classics too).

    Milk Music “Beyond Living” (Perennial)
    Swiss Lips “U Got the Power” (White)
    Foster the People “Houdini (Baby Monster remix)” (Columbia)
    Theme Park “Milk” (Luv Luv Luv)
    Zulu Winter “Never Leave” (Double Denim)
    Janice Graham Band “Murder” (Acid Jazz)
    San Cisco “Awkward” (Island City)
    Inkships “Cassettes” (White)
    Gross Magic “Sweetest Touch” (The Sounds Of Sweet Nothing)
    Ghost Beach “First Time” (Neon Gold)
    Woman’s Hour “Jenni” (Dirty Bingo)
    Alpine “Hands” (Ivy League)
    Coolrunnings “Chorus” (Dracula Horse)
    Common/John Legend “The Believer” (Warner Bros)
    East Of Underground “Walk On By” (Now-Again)
    Action Bronson “Buddy Guy” (White)
    A$AP Rocky “Peso (Star Slinger remix)” (A$AP)
    The Internet “Cocaine (Little Dragon remix)” (Odd Future)
    Delilah “Love You So” (Atlantic)
    Onra “Where I’m From” (All City)
    Jang Hyun “Please Wait” (Light In the Attic)
    Perfume Genius “All Waters” (Matador)
    Fatima Al Qadri “Hip Hop Spa” (Uno)
    Youth Lagoon “Posters” (Fat Possum)
    Active Child “You Are All I See” (Vagrant)
    Colin Stetson “Lord I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes” (Constellation)
    Ifan Dafydd “No Good” (White)

  • The Far Side – playlist for November 22

    November 23, 2011 @ 1:51 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday November 22.

    DJ-ing plug: Glider turns two this Friday (November 25) and I’ll be DJ-ing at the birthday bash alongside fellow new Glider residents Alison Curtis (Phantom FM) and Jonny Tiernan (Alternative Ulster) and Glider regulars Bernie Divilly, Cillian McDonnell and Tanya Sweeney. Glider happens on the last Friday of every month at the Workman’s Club, Dublin 2 from 10pm and admission is free.

    Tom Waits “Hell Broke Luce” (Anti)
    Feathers “Cat Burglar” (Bon Voyage)
    Seye Adelekan “White Noise” (White)
    Races “All For You” (Frenchkiss)
    Last Dinosaurs “Zoom” (Dew Process)
    We Cut Corners “Toll Free” (Delphi)
    Mansions On the Moon “Desert Island” (XXX)
    Tieranniesaur “Here Be Monsters” (Popical Island)
    Lower Entrance “Back Entrance” (U Know Me)
    Lissy Trullie “Madeleine” (Self release)
    WooWoos “Fizzy Lettuce” (Moshi Moshi)
    Foxes “Home” (Neon Gold)
    Come On Live Long “Guatamala” (Live Long)
    The Troubadours “Funk Good Feeling” (Trans Air)
    The Sisters Love “Give Me Your Love” (Mowest)
    Fiend “Ghost Town” (Cool Is In Session)
    Drake “Take Care” (Young Money)
    Frank Ocean “There Will Be Tears” (Nostalgia Ultra)
    THEESatisfaction “Do You Have Time” (Sub Pop)
    Robert Glasper Experiment “Afro Blue” (Blue Note)
    Korallreven “As Young As Yesterday” (Acephale)
    Darkside “A2” (Clown & Sunset)
    Walls “Drunken Galleon” (Kompakt)
    Young Bee “Tickled” (White)
    Leila “(Disappointed Cloud) Anyway” (Warp)
    Keith Jarrett “Rio Pt 12” (ECM)

  • The Far Side – playlist for November 15

    November 16, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday November 15. While the Listen Again stream is currently unavailable, you can download (most of) last night’s show here (thanks to Martin for the recording).

    DJ-ing plug: Glider turns two on Friday week (November 25) and I’ll be DJ-ing at the birthday bash alongside fellow new Glider residents Alison Curtis (Phantom FM) and Jonny Tiernan (Alternative Ulster) and Glider regulars Bernie Divilly, Cillian McDonnell and Tanya Sweeney. Glider happens on the last Friday of every month at the Workman’s Club, Dublin 2 from 10pm and admission is free. And yep, I’ll probably some of the tunes listed below.

    Kate Jackson “Wonder Feeling” (Vinyl Factory)
    King Charles “Bam Bam” (Universal Republic)
    Citizens “True Romance” (Kitsune)
    Factory Floor “Two Different Ways” (DFA)
    Lindstrom “De Javu” (Smalltown Supersound)
    The 2 Bears “ Be Strong” (Southern Fried)
    Holy Ghost “I Wanted To Tell Her” (Green Label)
    John Talabot “I Want Tonight” (Hivern Discs)
    Karakara “My Laptop Just Broke” (Soundcloud)
    First Rate People “Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art” (Self release)
    Post War Years “All Eyes” (Labour Of Love)
    Tom Waits “Hell Broke Luce” (Anti)
    Come On Live Long “Elephants & Time” (Live Long)
    The Dying Seconds “Kid Logic” (Self release)
    Netherlands “Something Or Nothing” (Young & Lost Club)
    Kwes “Get Up” (Warp)
    One Room “I Want You” (Heavy Roc)
    Deco Child “Pray” (Ninja Tune)
    DRC Music “Hallo” (Warp)
    Cold Specks “Old Stepstone” (Paradyse)
    Standish/Carlyon “Critics Multiply” (White)
    Teebs “Verbena Tea With Rebekah Raff” (Brainfeeder)
    Baths “Hall (One AM remix featuring Los Feliz Ladies Choir)” (Anticon)
    Monto “Charlie” (Melted)
    Nicolas Jaar “Why Didn’t You Save Me?” (Clown & Sunset)
    Nina Simone “Vous Etes Seuls Mais Je Desire Etre Avec Vous” (Sunnyside)

  • The Far Side – playlist for November 8

    November 9, 2011 @ 10:33 am | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday November 8. It was the show’s third birthday and it was an all-covers show featuring the unusual suspects. Big thanks to those who texted or tweeted in with comments and recommendations. Unfortunately, the station are not currently streaming the show, but you can download a recording of (most of) last night’s show here.

    Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” (Astrelwerks)
    CSS “Pretend That We’re Dead” (White)
    Franz Ferdinand “All My Friends” (DFA)
    Brassroots “Good Life” (Do Right!)
    Esso Trinidad Steel Band “I Want You Back” (Minky)
    Lefties Soul Connection “Organ Donor” (Melting Pot)
    Baby Charles “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor” (Record Kicks)
    JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (Rabbit Factory)
    Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations “The Weight” (Motown)
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “This Land Is Your Land” (Warner Music)
    Peter Gabriel “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (XL)
    The Flaws “Change Clothes” (Phantom 105.2 session)
    The xx “Teardrops” (XL)
    Grizzly Bear “Graceland” (White)
    Paul Noonan & Superfly “You Can Call Me Al” (Sound Training Records)
    El Michels Affair “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” (Truth & Soul)
    John Legend & The Roots “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (Columbia)
    Nina Simone “Baltimore” (Epic)
    Gil Scott-Heron “I’m New Here” (XL)
    Schneider TM “The Light 3000” (Rough Trade)
    The Bad Plus “Flim” (Columbia)
    Bonnie Prince Billy & Tortoise “Thunder Road” (Domino)
    Cat Power “Wild Is the Wind” (Matador)
    Sinead O’Connor “Someone To Watch Over Me” (Antilles)
    Lisa Hannigan & Faultline “Couldn’t Love You More” (White)
    Luke Kelly “On Raglan Road” (Outlet)
    Karen O “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys” (Chipotle Cultivation Foundation)

  • The Far Side – playlist for November 1

    November 2, 2011 @ 1:46 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday November 1 (yes, it was a pre-record).

    Next week, The Far Side turns three so there will be a special show to mark the occasion, though I haven’t quite worked out what degree of “special” this will be. Tune in next Tuesday to find out.

    Hooray For Earth “True Loves” (Dovecote)
    Of Monsters & Men “King & Lionheart” (Record Records)
    The War On Drugs “Brothers” (Secretly Canadian)
    White Denim “At the Farm” (Downtown)
    Tune-Yard “Bizness” (4AD)
    Girl Band “Second One” (White)
    The Danger Is “Navigate” (White)
    Blawan “What You Do With What You Have” (R&S)
    Spoek Mathambo “Put Some Red On It” (Sub Pop)
    Azari & III “Change Of Heart” (Loose Lips)
    New Look “Everything” (!K7)
    Friends “I’m His Girl” (Lucky Number)
    Tieranniesaur “Rockblocker” (Popical Island)
    Azealia Banks “212” (White)
    ASAP Rocky “Peso” (Polo Grounds)
    Main Attractionz/ASAP Rocky “Take 1” (Green Ova)
    Donald Byrd “Dominoes” (Blue Note)
    Irma Thomas & Allen Toussaint “Time Is On My Side” (Minit)
    Alabama Shakes “On Your Way” (White)
    Villagers “Cecilia & Her Selfhood” (Domino)
    The Stuyvesants “Summer Is Gone” (SD)
    When Saints Go Machine “Fail Forver (Nicolas Jaar remix)” (!K7)
    Camille “She Was” (Virgin France)
    Ifan Dafydd “Miranda” (White)
    DJ Shadow “Not So Sad & Lonely” (Island)
    Coldcut “Autumn Leaves” (Ninja Tune)

  • The Far Side – playlist for October 25

    October 26, 2011 @ 1:42 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 25.

    Girl Band “Twelves” (Self release)
    Wild Flag “Romance” (Wichita)
    The Ting Tings “Hang It Up” (Columbia)
    Of Monsters & Men “Little Talks” (Record Records)
    Esque “Bones To Be” (White)
    Land Lovers “The Cinema Bell” (Popical Island)
    Come On Live Long “Waiting” (Self release)
    No Diavolo “Nuns” (Self release)
    Pujol “Mayday” (453)
    Little Red “Rock It” (True Panther)
    The Alcoves “Now” (White)
    Blue On Blue “We Never Sleep” (Tip Top)
    We Cut Corners “Go Easy” (Delphi)
    Lianne La Havas/Willy Mason “No Room for Doubt” (Labour Of Love)
    Phenomenal Handclap Band “Following” (Tummy Touch)
    Lazy Jay “Float My Boat” (Big & Dirty)
    Petey Green “I Rhyme Sicker” (White)
    Onra “A New Dynasty” (All City)
    Laurel Halo “Aquifer” (Hippos In Tanks)
    Gold Panda “An Iceberg Hurled Northwards Through Clouds” (!K7)
    Active Child “Diamond Heart” (Vagrant)
    Alabama Shakes “Hold On” (White)
    Bonnie Prince Billy “Time to Be Clear” (Domino)
    Burrows “In Winter” (Self release)
    When Saints Go Machine “Fail Forever (Nicolas Jaar remix)” (!K7)
    Wild Swim “Another Night” (Self release)
    Mazzy Star “Common Burn” (Rhymes Of An Hour)

  • The Far Side – playlist for October 18

    October 19, 2011 @ 2:13 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 18.

    We Cut Corners “The Leopard” (Delphi)
    Kindess “Cyan” (Female Energy)
    Grimes “Oblivion” (Arbutus)
    Catcall “Satellites” (Ivy League)
    Metronomy “Everything Goes My Way (Ewan Pearson remix)” (Because)
    Alabama Shakes “I Found You” (White)
    Davila 666 “Esa Nena Nunca Regreso” (In the Red)
    Bosco Delrey “Baby’s Got A Blue Flame” (Mad Decent)
    Pujol “Mayday” (Third Man)
    Fidlar “Bummed” (White)
    SCNTNTS “Phonoton” (Boysnoize)
    Tracy Thorn “Night Time” (Strange Feeling)
    New Look “Teen Need” (!K7)
    Lijadu Sisters “Danger” (Soul Jazz)
    ASAP Rocky “Out of This World” (Polo Grounds)
    Kendrick Lamar “Rigamortus” (White)
    The Roots/Big K.R.I.T “Make My” (Def Jam)
    Little Xs for Eyes “Summer Never Comes” (Self release)
    St Rupertsberg “In Albania” (Self release)
    Come On Live Long “Elephants & Time” (Self release)
    Lykke Li “Unchained Melody” (Unearthed)
    Lana Del Rey “Video Games (Balam Acab remix)” (Stranger)
    Lesley Winer “Dream1” (Transglobal)
    Ifan Dafydd “No Good” (White)
    Vondelpark “Feat B” (R&S)
    Dirty Beaches “Lone River” (Suicide Squeeze)
    Asyshay “Warn-U” (Tri Angle)
    Feist “Caught A Long Wind (SertOne refix)” (White)

  • The Far Side – playlist for October 11

    October 12, 2011 @ 1:50 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 11.

    Spector “What You Wanted” (Luv Luv Luv)
    No Diavolo “Nuns” (White)
    The Do “Slippery Slope” (Cinq7)
    Thulebasen “Monster” (Tambourhinoceros)
    Phantogram “Don’t Move” (Barsuk)
    Local Hero “Press Box” (Self release)
    Rostam “Wood” (White)
    Zulu Winter “Never Leave” (Double Denim)
    Last Days Of 1984 “River’s Edge” (White)
    Moths “Summer” (Self release)
    Toby Kaar “Bread” (Self release)
    We Cut Corners “Go Easy” (Delphi)
    Lianne La Havas/Willy Mason “No Room For Doubt” (Labour Of Love)
    Azealia Banks “212” (White)
    The Bullitts “Supercool” (Outfit Music Group)
    Jay Electronica/Prodigy “Call Of Duty” (Roc Nation)
    Kendrick Lamar “Cloud 10” (White)
    Common “Blue Sky” (Warner Bros)
    The Weeknd “Initiation” (XO)
    Clams Casino “I’m God” (Type)
    Jessie Ware “Strangest Feeling” (PMR)
    Two Days To Alaska “Per Sempre” (Cult Classic)
    Youth Lagoons “Posters” (Fat Possum)
    Pedestrian “Hei Poa” (Brownswood)
    James Blake “Enough Thunder” (Atlas)
    The Revival Hour “Hold Back” (Revival Hour)
    Oh Land “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (White)

  • The Far Side – playlist for October 4

    October 5, 2011 @ 1:55 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday October 4.

    Little Red “Rock It” (True Panther)
    Clock Opera “Lesson No 7” (Moshi Moshi)
    Icona Pop “Sun Goes Down” (Mercury)
    Hanni El Khatib “Come Alive” (Innovative Leisure)
    Wild Flag “Romance” (Wichita)
    Joe Goddard “Gabriel” (DFA)
    New Look “Janet (!K7)
    Monarchy “You Don’t Want To Dance With Me (Moonlight Matters remix)” (100%)
    Azealia Banks & Lunice “Runnin’” (White)
    Breton “Kensington System” (Fat Cat)
    Dirty Projectors & Bjork “When the World Comes To An End” (Domino)
    Jape “Oldest Mind” (Music Is For Losers)
    The Do “Too Insistent” (Cinq7)
    Twin Sister “Space Babe” (Domino)
    Buddy “Awesome Awesome” (Star Trak)
    The Stepkids “Wonderfox” (Stones Throw)
    AlunaGeorge “We Are Chosen” (Anchor Factory)
    Kavinsky “Nightcall” (Record Makers)
    College “A Real Hero” (Flexx)
    Blue Daisy “Raindrops” (Black Acre)
    Lecs Luther “Cortex” (White)
    Spoek Mathambo “Put Some Red On It (Shabazz Palaces remix)” (Sub Pop)
    Loftmind “I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Loftmind’s Desperation In Sickness Rewrite)” (White)
    Gem Club “Red Arrow” (Hardly Art)
    Gillian Welch “The Way The Whole Thing Ends” (Acony)

  • The Far Side – playlist for September 27

    September 28, 2011 @ 1:57 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 27.

    Thanks to Derek Byrne for piloting The Far Side for the last fortnight.

    There are technical problems with the streams at the moment (and have been since August) so I’ll let you know when these have been resolved.

    Blawan “What You Do With What You Have” (R&S)
    Wild Flag “Romance” (Wichita)
    HotChaCha “Aorist” (Exit Stencil)
    Little Red “Rock It” (True Panther)
    Royal Headache “Down the Lane” (Goner)
    Dog Is Dead “Hands Down” (Atlantic)
    Jon Lemmon “Exodus 1” (White)
    The Jezabels “Rosebud” (Play It Again Sam)
    Hooray for Earth “True Loves” (Dovecote)
    NewVillager “Rich Doors” (I Am Sound)
    Friends “I’m His Girl” (Lucky Number)
    Still Corners “Into the Trees” (Sub Pop)
    Wilco “Standing O” (dBpm)
    Azealia Banks “212” (White)
    Dominique Young Unique “Gangster Whip” (Stupid Pretty)
    AlunaGeorge “You Know You Like It” (Super Recordings)
    DRC Music “Hallo” (Warp)
    David Jahson “King Of Kings Dub” (Soul Jazz)
    Jackie Mittoo “Black Organ” (Soul Jazz)
    Bon Iver “Baby (Moths remix)” (4AD)
    Vondelpark “Feat B” (R&S)
    Actress “Cus Clarence Told Me So” (White)
    HTRK “Synthetik” (Ghostly)
    Keaton Henson “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are” (Motive Sounds)
    Mountain Man “Vision” (Long Haul)
    Lana Del Rey “Blue Jeans” (Stranger)
    Ayshay “Warn-U” (Tri Angle)

  • The Far Side – playlist for September 6

    September 7, 2011 @ 1:56 pm | by Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday September 6. It was The Far Side Classics, the second in what will be an occasional series when I play stuff I haven’t played in ages – or have never played before – on the show.

    Listen Again to The Far Side: you can listen back to a stream of last night’s show here.

    Bjork “Big Time Sensuality” (One Little Indian)
    Santogold “L.E.S. Artistes” (Atlantic)
    The Blueboy “Remember Me” (Total)
    SL2 “On A Ragga Tip” (XL)
    Mathar “Indian Vibes” (Virgin France)
    The Pharcyde “Ya Mama” (Delicious Vinyl)
    Quannum “Concentration” (Mo Wax)
    MC Solaar “Bouge De La” (Talkin’ Loud)
    Method Man “Release Yo’Delf (Prodigy remix)” (Def Jam)
    David Axelrod “Holy Thursday” (Capitol)
    Spiritualized “Any Way That You Want Me” (Dedicated)
    Mercury Rev “Car Wash Hair” (Mint Films)
    Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (Kling Klang)
    Thieves “Unworthy” (Hut)
    Plush “Found A Little Baby” (Domino)
    Erykah Badu “On & On” (Universal)
    Maxwell “Sumthin’ Sumthin’” (Sony)
    Marvin Gaye “T Plays It Cool” (Motown)
    Lambchop “Up With People (Zero 7 remix)” (City Slang)
    DJ Shadow “What Does Your Soul Look Like? (Part 1)” (Mo Wax)
    John Coltrane “Acknowledgement” (Impulse)
    Charles Lloyd “God Give Me Strength” (ECM)
    Miles Davis “Will O’ the Wisp” (CBS)
    Beth Orton/Terry Callier “The Dolphins” (Heavenly)
    Jerry Lee Lewis “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (Oxford American)


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